SAP HANA Studio Part 1

If you are new to SAP HANA, we recommend to read following articles first.
Prerequisite to learn SAP HANA
Introduction To SAP HANA Database For Beginners
Get Access to SAP HANA Database
An insight into SAP HANA Architecture

The SAP HANA Studio at a glance:

HANA Studio is an Eclipsebased, integrated development environment (IDE) that is

used to develop artifacts in a HANA server.
It enables technical users to manage the SAP HANA database, to create and
manage user authorizations, to create new or modify existing models of data etc.
It is a client tool, which can be used to access local or remote HANA system.

Supported Platforms:

The SAP HANA studio runs on the Eclipse platform 3.6. We can use the SAP HANA studio on
the following platforms:
Microsoft Windows x32 and x64 versions of: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows
7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES 11: x86 64bit version
Note: For Mac OS, HANA studio is available but there is no HANA client for that.

System Requirements:

Java JRE 1.6 or 1.7 must be installed to run the SAP HANA studio. The Java runtime must be
specified in the PATH variable. Make sure to choose the correct Java variant for installation of
SAP HANA studio:
For a 32bit installation, choose a 32bit Java variant.
For a 64bit installation, choose a 64bit Java variant.

How to Download and Install SAP HANA Studio:

To download SAP HANA Studio, check the article:

SAP HANA Studio Download

HANA Client:

HANA Client is the piece of software which enables you to connect any other entity, including
NonNative applications to a HANA server. This "other" entity can be, say, an NW Application
Server, an IIS server etc.
The HANA Client installation also provides JDBC, ODBC drivers. This enables applications
written in .Net, Java etc. to connect to a HANA server, and use the server as a remote
database. So, consider client as the primary connection enabler to HANA server.

HANA Client is installed separately from the HANA studio.

Installation Paths:

If we do not specify an Installation Path during installation, the following default values apply:
Microsoft Windows 32bit > C:\Program Files\sap\hdbstudio
Microsoft Windows 64bit > C:\Program Files\sap\hdbstudio
Microsoft Windows 32bit (x86) > C:\Program Files (x86)\sap\hdbstudio
Linux x86, 64bit > /usr/sap/hdbstudio

How to Open SAP HANA studio?

In Microsoft Windows:
1. Go to start menu
2. Start > All Programs > SAP HANA > SAP HANA Studio
The SAP HANA studio starts.

In Linux:
1. Open a shell and go to the installation directory, such as /usr/sap/hdbstudio
2. Execute the following command "./hdbstudio".
The SAP HANA studio starts.